History AwesomeMusic / HarryPotter

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySvXYETgOws "Harry and Hermione"]] is simply beautiful.

!! ''The Prisoner Of Azkaban

* Dobby's playful [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ac6tYjGIvA theme.

* JohnWilliams gave us:
** The magically memorable [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Li0SWlwe34 "Hedwig's Theme".]]
** The cheerful [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUDXQVWWH2I "Harry's Wondrous World".]]
** The sinister and mysterious [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfXM1jW7y_Y "The Chamber of Secrets".]]
** The heartwarming and graceful theme [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBUr6Qr_gRU "Fawkes the Phoenix".]]
** The comedic [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTrd6NHVwTM "Aunt Marge's Waltz".]]
** The majestic and glorious [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RR9kT8PL6ZA "Buckbeak's Flight".]]
** The heartbreaking yet beautiful [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrZB9nPMvS4 "Window to the Past".]]
** Also [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvnUYeGM3qw "Double Trouble"]]. It's one of those moments when you realize that the series is getting DarkerAndEdgier. The music is by Williams, but the lyrics are by Creator/WilliamShakespeare (from ''Theatre/{{Macbeth}}'').
* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tmeTNGQCOU "The Story Continues"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRV_q7y8uwc "Golden Egg"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whJ10dsWF2c "The Black Lake"]] from ''The Goblet of Fire'' are all epic pieces.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEAHx6-KTgI "Harry in Winter"]] in ''Goblet of Fire''. Absolutely gorgeous. Andit's great as a leitmotif, too. God bless you, Patrick Doyle.

* The music in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=InbY9rHMee0 beginning]] of ''Half Blood Prince'' when the Death Eaters fly through London and [[spoiler: destroy Diagon Alley along with Millennium Bridge]], as well as the music in the slow-motion scene of the photographers taking all the pictures of Harry and Dumbledore. Later on in the film, the panning shot over Hogwarts to Draco in the tower as it snows outside is great, and so is the music at the very end when the trio look out from the tower into the sunset.

* Outside of scores, though, the Weird Sisters' music is great, "Magic Works" being a perfect slow dance song that sounds like something out of a Creator/JohnHughes movie from TheEighties.
* What may be the most awesome of SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic in the Harry Potter films; Music/NickCave and the Bad Seeds' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htnz4Kxu83Q "O Children"]]. An amazing song for an amazing scene.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvzBTL0MslE "Journey To The Cave"]]. Just this bombastic piece as Harry and Dumbledore arrive at Voldemort's Horcrux cave.
* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeVyvwThCd8 "Dumbledore's Farewell"]]. It's from ''Half-Blood Prince'', but is also used in the scene where Harry views Snape's memories in the Pensieve. It's heartbreakingly beautiful.
* Patrick Doyle's music for [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tqnm3Kmubgk the Quidditch World Cup]] opening. It goes from a light Irish-sounding tune and moves to a men's choir.
* Nicholas Hooper created some amazing music found in a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ro-vL4KLDY deleted scene]] from ''Half-Blood Prince''.

* For the most ''epic'' piece of music to come out of the franchise, we have to look somewhere beyond the films: the license game version of ''Order of the Phoenix'''s "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFEfxu5TgNw Dumbledore and Voldemort]]" by James Hannigan. The awesome riff is also found in "[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m79Y_6M07o0 Wand Combat]]".
* Another powerful piece, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmJGReXqEpU "Procession"]], is heard in the end-half of ''Deathly Hallows Part 2'' when Voldemort is returning to Hogwarts' courtyard with his remaining followers and Hagrid, who is carrying [[spoiler: a seemingly dead]] Harry. The atmosphere just gives out utter sorrow and hopelessness after the fatal battle.
* On the flip side, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HxK1LNZa14 A New Beginning]] from ''Deathly Hallows Part 2'' has an ethereal feel that embodies the sound of hope. As Harry and friends look to the future, there is a sense of peace at last.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tmeTNGQCOU "The Story Continues"]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRV_q7y8uwc "Golden Egg"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whJ10dsWF2c "The Black Lake"]] from ''The Goblet of Fire'' are all epic songs.

* Creator/AlexandreDesplat's score for ''Deathly Hallows Part 1'' has some fantastic moments as well. The music at the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RkRlgYGdbY very beginning]] when Hermione [[spoiler: erases her parents' memories of her]] is heartbreaking, and really captures the feel of that scene, impressing upon the audience that this the beginning of the end of the series. The music when we open to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcpXjt5X58Y Malfoy Manor]] is very sinister, and the music when [[spoiler: just Harry and Hermione]] are in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO20nLhcyFg Godric's Hollow]] is unlike much of the other music in the series... Desplat uses Spanish guitar. And it is beautiful. Oh, and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WytIaqO8pU music]] when [[spoiler: Bellatrix throws the knife at Dobby as he proceeds to Apparate himself, Harry, and Hermione out of Malfoy Manor, which results in his death upon arrival at the beach]] is dripping with anticipation. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZjy6NBzSGE song]] during [[spoiler: Dobby's death]] is a definite TearJerker.
* If you thought the score for the first film was good, Creator/AlexandreDesplat outdid himself in ''Part 2''. Just listen to the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Cbeb9sdjS4 "The Tunnel"]], music matching the fast-paced ride through Gringotts, and ''especially'' [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_efSI5_UCxo "Statues"]],[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaxkSlvwzpo "Courtyard Apocalypse"]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVCXjuf1biY "Battlefield"]], similar heartbreaking yet inspirational songs used during the Battle of Hogwarts.

* The uplifting and heroic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9JEvTDspTM song]] during Neville's Speech.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJewawE6DGU "Voldemort's End"]] is an epic and emotional song that is used during the final showdown between Harry and Voldemort.

* The music in the beginning of ''Half Blood Prince'' when the Death Eaters fly through London and [[spoiler: destroy Diagon Alley along with Millennium Bridge]], as well as the music in the slow-motion scene of the photographers taking all the pictures of Harry and Dumbledore. Later on in the film, the panning shot over Hogwarts to Draco in the tower as it snows outside is great, and so is the music at the very end when the trio look out from the tower into the sunset.

* The uplifting and heroic [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9JEvTDspTM song]] during Neville's Speech.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wr_gHGm3oc music]] that plays as the Trio break the chains off the dragon they got away from Gringotts on and fly off like they (and the dragon) just found freedom.

* The music that plays as the Trio break the chains off the dragon they got away from Gringotts on and fly off like they (and the dragon) just found freedom.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tmeTNGQCOU "The Story Continues"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRV_q7y8uwc "Golden Egg"]] from ''The Goblet of Fire'' are both epic pieces from Patrick Doyle.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tmeTNGQCOU "The Story Continues"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRV_q7y8uwc "Golden Egg" from ''The Goblet of Fire'' are both epic pieces from Patrick Doyle.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tmeTNGQCOU "The Story Continues"]] from ''The Goblet of Fire'' is both epic and mysterious.

* Creator/AlexandreDesplat's score for ''Deathly Hallows Part 1'' has some fantastic moments as well. The music at the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RkRlgYGdbY very beginning]] when Hermione [[spoiler: erases her parents' memories of her]] is heartbreaking, and really captures the feel of that scene, impressing upon the audience that this the beginning of the end of the series. The music when we open to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcpXjt5X58Y Malfoy Manor]] is very sinister, and the music when [[spoiler: just Harry and Hermione]] are in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO20nLhcyFg Godric's Hollow]] is unlike much of the other music in the series... Desplat uses Spanish guitar. And it is beautiful. Oh, and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WytIaqO8pU music]] when [[spoiler: Bellatrix throws the knife at Dobby as he proceeds to Apparate himself, Harry, and Hermione out of Malfoy Manor, which results in his death upon arrival at the beach]] is dripping with anticipation. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZjy6NBzSGE song]] during [[spoiler: Dobby's Death]] is a definite TearJerker.

* Creator/AlexandreDesplat's score for ''Deathly Hallows Part 1'' has some fantastic moments as well. The music at the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RkRlgYGdbY very beginning]] when Hermione [[spoiler: erases her parents' memories of her]] is heartbreaking, and really captures the feel of that scene, impressing upon the audience that this the beginning of the end of the series. The music when we open to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcpXjt5X58Y Malfoy Manor]] is very sinister, and the music when [[spoiler: just Harry and Hermione]] are in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO20nLhcyFg Godric's Hollow]] is unlike much of the other music in the series... Desplat uses Spanish guitar. And it is beautiful. Oh, and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WytIaqO8pU music]] when [[spoiler: Bellatrix throws the knife at Dobby as he proceeds to Apparate himself, Harry, and Hermione out of Malfoy Manor, which results in his death upon arrival at the beach]] is dripping with anticipation. The song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZjy6NBzSGE "Farewell to Dobby"]] is a definite TearJerker.

* [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSb7mOk_UvU "Leaving Hogwarts"]], played at the end of ''Philosopher's Stone''. [[spoiler: It also made a return for the DistantFinale of ''[[Film/HarryPotterAndTheDeathlyHallows Deathly Hallows Part 2]]''.]]
** As awesome as that was, there are some who think [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2aQEcHwRCmo "Reunion of Friends"]] from ''Chamber of Secrets'' would've been a much better fit for the finale.

* Creator/AlexandreDesplat's score for ''Deathly Hallows Part 1'' has some fantastic moments as well. The music at the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RkRlgYGdbY very beginning]] when Hermione [[spoiler: erases her parents' memories of her]] is heartbreaking, and really captures the feel of that scene, impressing upon the audience that this the beginning of the end of the series. The music when we open to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcpXjt5X58Y Malfoy Manor]] is very sinister, and the music when [[spoiler: just Harry and Hermione]] are in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO20nLhcyFg Godric's Hollow]] is unlike much of the other music in the series... Desplat uses Spanish guitar. And it is beautiful. Oh, and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WytIaqO8pU music]] when [[spoiler: Bellatrix throws the knife at Dobby as he proceeds to Apparate himself, Harry, and Hermione out of Malfoy Manor, which results in his death upon arrival at the beach]] is dripping with anticipation.
** The song,[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZjy6NBzSGE "Farewell to Dobby"]], is a definite TearJerker.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJewawE6DGU "Voldemort's End"]], is an epic and emotional song that is used during the final showdown between Harry and Voldemort.

* Creator/AlexandreDesplat's score for ''Deathly Hallows Part 1'' has some fantastic moments as well. The music at the very beginning when Hermione [[spoiler: erases her parents' memories of her]] is heartbreaking, and really captures the feel of that scene, impressing upon the audience that this the beginning of the end of the series. The music when we open to Malfoy Manor is very sinister, and the music when [[spoiler: just Harry and Hermione]] are in Godric's Hollow is unlike much of the other music in the series... Desplat uses Spanish guitar. And it is beautiful. Oh, and the music when [[spoiler: Bellatrix throws the knife at Dobby as he proceeds to Apparate himself, Harry, and Hermione out of Malfoy Manor, which results in his death upon arrival at the beach]] is dripping with anticipation.